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Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik of Austria, Duke of Teschen (3 August 1817 – 18 February 1895), was an Austrian Habsburg general. He was the grandson of Emperor Leopold II and one of the chief military advisors of Emperor Francis Joseph I .
Archduke Albrecht was the eminence grise in the circle around Emperor Franz Joseph. His military successes had secured him a position of authority at the Viennese Court. As a proponent of anti-liberal principles he stood in sharp contrast to those who supported the idea of transforming the Monarchy into a constitutional state, and to the ...
Albrecht was one of the most conservative Habsburgs of the nineteenth century. He became a symbol of the traditional monarchical values that were widely held in the dynasty and were to be so diametrically opposed to the modernizing currents abroad in society around 1900.
Albrecht. Archduke of Austria / Teschen line (non-ruling member of the dynasty) Born 3 August 1817 in Vienna. Died 18 February 1895 in Arco, Italy. One of the most conservative Habsburg personalities in the nineteenth century, Archduke Albrecht came to symbolize the upholding of the Absolutist values that were widely shared in the dynasty and ...
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik of Austria, Duke of Teschen (3 August 1817 – 18 February 1895), was an Austrian Habsburg general. He was the grandson of Emperor Leopold II and one of the chief military advisors of Emperor Francis Joseph I. As Inspector General for 36 years, he was an old-fashioned bureaucrat who ...
Count Franz von Harrach was in the motor car during the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and later gave a written account: As the car quickly reversed, a thin stream of blood spurted from His Highness’s mouth onto my right check. As I was pulling out my handkerchief to wipe the blood away from his mouth, the Duchess cried out to him, “For ...
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